Despised Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The contempt of riches in the philosophers was a concealed desire of revenging on fortune the injustice done to their merit, by despising the…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The contempt of riches in philosophers was only a hidden desire to avenge their merit upon the injustice of fortune, by despising the very…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.

— Fanny Burney

Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to…

— Terence

“To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, surely, must be more beneficial to mankind.”

— Frances Burney

Riches are oft by guilt and baseness earn'd; Or dealt by chance to shield a lucky knave, Or throw a cruel sunshine on a…

— John Armstrong

Riches are a blessing or a curse to a man according as he has or has not a heart to make good use of…

— Matthew Henry

Riches are a cause of evil, not because, of themselves, they do any evil, but because they goad men on to evil.

— Posidonius

Riches are oftener an impediment than a stimulus to action; and in many cases they are quite as much a misfortune as a blessing.

— Samuel Smiles

Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.

— Dick Gregory

Just as riches are an impediment to virtue in the wicked, so in the good they are an aid of virtue.

— Ambrose